Post by myles on Apr 30, 2015 3:34:31 GMT
With fighting in mind I have heard some great sayings that apply to strategy, some of which have stuck with me over the years and hopefully by sharing them they may give new insights to those who have not heard them before or possibly remind others who have maybe forgot or underestimated their meanings.
Firstly, "open horizontally and enter in at an angle." Opening with sweeping or hooking, dodging or chopping, the animal doesn't matter. It seems all animals contain methods of horizontal opening or meeting the opponent movements. Also after you meet the opponent, or open on a horizontal plane, you enter straight in. The "at an angle" I believe denotes that during the opening horizontally you forced off to the side making your straight in attack "at an angle" relative to the opponents position.
Secondly, "stomp immediately upon meeting." Meaning as soon at you know that a fight is eminent you kick out very fast and coldly with a stomping attack. This is the lion's preferred method of kicking, and Xie mentions it on the original lion dvds. The forward stomp seems quite fitting for this situation, as such I try to train this particular kick daily.
Third, "distract with the hands and deploy the feet" Similarly to the previous stomp upon meeting mentioned you can in the same way throw up the hands in a blocking manor to avoid any heavy blows or as a distracting tactic before initiating the stomp attack.
"When you make contact you must change, when you meet force you must turn." At this point in my training my understanding of this is that you open with a sweep, or a hooking strike, or any other horizontal attack, once you meet the opponents arm you rotate and change to add force to your technique. I think to the waist when thinking of turning. "The waist strikes and the waist removes" comes to mind, when you meet force you must yield, and turn in the direction of the opponents force, leading them out and transforming their force in an advantageous way so you can counter attack. I remember JB once made reference to the arm size of the opponent, saying that even if the opponent is larger, 'his arms will never be as big as my waist.'
One of my favorites, and probably one of the first sayings that has stuck with me forever and has increased in importance as time has progressed is "two vs one," using both hands to cover one of the opponents. When they attack you use both hands to dominate and control the opponents attacking arm. Two can easily overcome one and if combined with forcing off to the side you can get out of the way from the back arm while controlling their front arm. Similarly, if you face a very big opponent they may have bigger arms than you. But is their arm twice the size as yours? If you use both arms to neutralize their arm skillfully you should more than compensate for the amount of brute force.
If anyone has any other insights or sayings they'd like to share please post them here. If I think of any others I'll be sure to likewise throw them up. Lets get the conversation going and keep learning! Yin Style for life!!!
Firstly, "open horizontally and enter in at an angle." Opening with sweeping or hooking, dodging or chopping, the animal doesn't matter. It seems all animals contain methods of horizontal opening or meeting the opponent movements. Also after you meet the opponent, or open on a horizontal plane, you enter straight in. The "at an angle" I believe denotes that during the opening horizontally you forced off to the side making your straight in attack "at an angle" relative to the opponents position.
Secondly, "stomp immediately upon meeting." Meaning as soon at you know that a fight is eminent you kick out very fast and coldly with a stomping attack. This is the lion's preferred method of kicking, and Xie mentions it on the original lion dvds. The forward stomp seems quite fitting for this situation, as such I try to train this particular kick daily.
Third, "distract with the hands and deploy the feet" Similarly to the previous stomp upon meeting mentioned you can in the same way throw up the hands in a blocking manor to avoid any heavy blows or as a distracting tactic before initiating the stomp attack.
"When you make contact you must change, when you meet force you must turn." At this point in my training my understanding of this is that you open with a sweep, or a hooking strike, or any other horizontal attack, once you meet the opponents arm you rotate and change to add force to your technique. I think to the waist when thinking of turning. "The waist strikes and the waist removes" comes to mind, when you meet force you must yield, and turn in the direction of the opponents force, leading them out and transforming their force in an advantageous way so you can counter attack. I remember JB once made reference to the arm size of the opponent, saying that even if the opponent is larger, 'his arms will never be as big as my waist.'
One of my favorites, and probably one of the first sayings that has stuck with me forever and has increased in importance as time has progressed is "two vs one," using both hands to cover one of the opponents. When they attack you use both hands to dominate and control the opponents attacking arm. Two can easily overcome one and if combined with forcing off to the side you can get out of the way from the back arm while controlling their front arm. Similarly, if you face a very big opponent they may have bigger arms than you. But is their arm twice the size as yours? If you use both arms to neutralize their arm skillfully you should more than compensate for the amount of brute force.
If anyone has any other insights or sayings they'd like to share please post them here. If I think of any others I'll be sure to likewise throw them up. Lets get the conversation going and keep learning! Yin Style for life!!!
